Posted on 04 November 2011. Tags: Cabinet, laundry soap, pet dishes, Room
Utility room cabinets are used when washing clothes as well as storing seasonal items. They are important to the organization of the utility room. Laundry soap, fabric softeners, pet food, and light bulbs are just a few of the items we store in utility room cabinets.
Above the washer and dryer should be a pair of upper cabinet’s 1′ deep and mounted high enough so the lid of the washer doesn’t hit them when opened. Standard washer and dryers are 30″ wide so the upper cabinets should also be this wide. Often two 30″cabinets side by side make up the utility room upper cabinets, with the one over the washer having larger spacing between shelves to accommodate the larger bottles of detergent.
An additional sink cabinet included in the utility room provides a good place to wash up. This sink is deeper than normal allowing larger items to be washed by hand. The room sink is ideal for washing pet dishes and greasy hands.
A folding table can be added to the utility room creating more workspace. This can be as simple as a top with nothing below to a set of drawers below for more storage. The folding table is perfect for the homemaker in that it allows more organization and workspace.
A hamper cabinet in the room provides even more convenience for the homemaker. This can be a single unit that accommodates everyone’s clothes or separate units for different colored clothing. These are often mounted on drawer slides with a door attached to the front.
Organization and plenty of workspace is essential to the happiness of any homemaker. Contact your local cabinetmaker for ideas when designing your room cabinets.
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: bathroom wall tiles, kitchen wall tiles, Room, time
Is your utility room the most boring room in your house? We often put a lot of time into thinking about the look of our rooms, we consider the layout and colour schemes, but this seldom happens in the utility room. Most utility rooms are boring and white, with white walls and white kitchen wall tiles, but why should it be like this? There’s no reason why your utility room can’t look as stylish and interesting as any other room in your home.
Firstly, forget boring white. Pale blue, or a sunny yellow will work well in a utility room, it will look great next to white appliances too. You could use kitchen wall tiles or bathroom wall tiles in the room so look at both. Don’t opt immediately for plain white, consider something a little different. Perhaps a chequerboard design, or a completely random mix of colours?
A worktop in the room is always useful for sorting out laundry etc, and as you won’t need as much of it as you would in a kitchen, why not splash out on something really stunning, perhaps one of those gorgeous sparkly granites? Also look out on eBay and your local paper for people selling offcuts. It may not be big enough for most peoples kitchens, but it could be perfect for your utility room and you could get a real bargain.
You can get some stunning porcelain floor tiles. Again utility rooms are not usually very big, so you may well be able to spend a little extra per tile as you won’t be needing too many of them. Slate effect or another sparkly granite looking tile would look amazing, and it will be very easy to keep clean.
Don’t forget to add accessories to your room. Some bright prints on the wall will really make a difference to an otherwise dull room. It’s also a good place to display the children’s artwork which is usually generally bright and colourful. Potted plants, unusual coloured glass bottles, antique tins or planters will all look great in a utility room and add interest to an otherwise plain part of the house. Continue Reading
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Posted on 02 November 2011. Tags: Laundry, laundry room design, laundry room design ideas, Room
Laundry rooms along with mudrooms don’t often get the interest they ought to have, which can be unusual considering exactly how frequently they’re put to use. Any appropriately designed utility room could be a comprehensive housekeeping area which simplifies the family house work. Most of these locations might offer various functions. The mudroom could double for a grooming area for your household pets plus a safe-keeping space for athletic equipment. A floating wire shelf in a laundry room works extremely well intended for drying out garments in addition to any freshly painted arts and crafts projects.
In case your laundry loads tend to be excessive whilst your laundry room’s functionality is nonexistent, ingenious methods to enhance the space’s storage as well as purpose enable you to put your clothes exactly where its suppose to go, inside the dresser! Laundry necessities will be in reach by using tailor made shelf packages mounted on the wall.
Soaking filthy garments inside the kitchen sink takes up precious space as well as puts garments in harms way of further stains. However a new utility sink as well as a spigot inside the laundry room gives a secure place to manage soiled garments. If your pressed for time and your clothes have unsightly wrinkles then lugging the ironing board in and out of the closet can be a real pain in the neck. An ironing board that discreetly pulls out from an adjacent closet can rest at counter space height when used. And when it’s not needed, it slides right back into the closet out of sight.
Proper laundry room lighting can result in an extraordinary difference regarding the appearance of square footage. Windows by which both air along with light can flow freely enhancing the natural dimensions of the room can make the chore of laundry a more enjoyable task. Use your window as the focal point of axis to allow the sunlight to travel throughout the room. Continue Reading
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